Containing device



M. ALVAREZ Y VALDES.

CONTAINING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 15. 19 I9- 1,357,304, I Patented Nov. 2, 1920;

INV'ENTOR' ATTORNEY UNITED STATES:

PATENT QFFICE.

CONTAINING DEVICE.

Application filed May 15, 1919.

T0 (522 107mm it may concern Be it known that I, MANUEL ALvAnnZ Y Vane's, citizen of the Republic of Cuba, and resident of l-labana, Republicof Cuba, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ContainingDevices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to containers, and more particularly topasteboard packages or receptacles adapted to contain granular orpowdered substances.

it is an object of the invention to improve upon the closing devices nowused with pasteboard packages; to provide a metal closing device capableof effective use with a pasteboard or cardboard package, and toconstruct such a device in a simple and inexpensive manner.

Eeterring to the accompanying drawings which illustrate severalembodiments of the invention,

Figure l is a top view of the package without the closing device.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of package.

Fig. 23 is a top view of the package with the device secured thereto.

"lg. 2 is a side elevation.

W is a section on the line of Fig.

in the direction of the arrows.

is a section on the line 66 or Fig. in the direction of the arrows. rig.7 is a detail view, showing one way of securing the device to the top ofthe packa e and Fig. *4 is another detaii showing "her way of securingthe device.

l in. S is a side view of the device.

7 9 a horizontal projection of Fig. 8.

1. is a package made of pasteboard or the like which may be of anysuitable or desirable shape. T his package has the usual lid 2. S is thetop cover or top surface of said lid. which is formed with a roundopening 4.- and with slits or grooves 5, preferably oi? arcuate shape,disposed the same distance from the center of said opening.

5 a sheet metal plate formed with a central opening registering withopening a: and having a star shaped outline, as best seen in 9. Theradiallyprojecting portions or branches of the plate terminate in prongsSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1920.

Serial No. 29?,245.

7 which are adapted to be bent upward and inserted through. the slits 5in the cover 3 in the manner hereinafter explained. A hollow tube orspout 8 is welded or otherwise secured to ormay be integral with theplate 6. The outer surface of the tube 8 is threaded as shown at 9, soas to provide means for reniovably securing a covering cap 10.

One way to secure the plate 6 to the cover 3 or" the package is to passthe tube 8 upwardly through the opening i in said cover 3, insert heupturned prongs or points 7 through the slits 5, and bend. said pointsdown upon the upper surface of the cover 3, as is clearly shown in Fig.and in Fig. 7. i-inother way to secure the plate 6 to the cover of thepackage is as shown in Fig. 2. In this instance, the package is providedwith two top covers, 8 and 11. The horizontal, radially projectingportions or branches Slit between the two sheets 3 and 11. @bviously, itis not necessary to have the slits 5 in this case, for the points 7, itprovided at all, may be flattened out; but such slits may be made andused in this embodiment also, if desired.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim,

The combination, with a container having a cover of relatively stiffsheet material which is provided with a circular opening and with aseries of slits disposed at equal distances from the center of theopening; of a closing device comprising a flat, starshaped. metal platedisposed against the inner face of the cover and having a circularopening which registers with the cover open ing, and an upstanding,externally-threeded tubular spout which incloses the plate opening andprojects upwardly through the cover opening, the radiating branches ofsaid piate having rip-bent terminal prongs which are inserted throughthe slits in said cover and then bent over against the outer face of thecover to hold the plate in place; and a screw cap threaded upon saidspout. Signed at city of Habana, Republic of Cuba, this 24: day of April1919.

MANUEL ALVAREZ Y VALDES.

